Let’s toast to the new year. If you are like me, you may find it challenging to come up with the perfect impromptu toast when occasion warrants one… so I have chosen a few from a wonderful book of Toasts to help ring in the New Year, an especially good book to have on hand if you plan to have the kind of year that will include reasons to celebrate!
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” -Benjamin Franklin
“In the year ahead, May we treat our friends with kindness and our enemies with generosity.”
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself. -submitted by Lynda Quintero-Davids
“May the best of this year be the worst of next.”
“Good, Better, Best. Never rest till your good is better and your better is best.” – Benjamin Lotzer
Any good New Years Resolutions or Toasts you care to share?? Inspire me! …and…be sure to read the great ones people are contributing in the comments below.
I have two Courtney…hope you don’t mind 🙂
May we all work smarter, not harder.
…and…
May we all take the time to do nothing.
Thanks for the other ideas, Courtney! Happy New Year to you and yours. Thank you 2013, and welcome 2014!
Oooh, some toasts of wisdom… thank you for sharing, these are great- Cheers, Chris~
Your toast makes for a perfect resolution for the new year: build on 2013 to make the best of the 2013, the worst of 2014 – keep growing, keep improving and keep building on successes. Continue to raise the bar in everything one does. Happy New Year!
Yes, love that, wish I had a little champagne glass emoticon to raise to that. Cheers~
Collect “moments”, not things!!
oooh… this is excellent, as a toast and a resolution- Thanks for sharing Joann! Cheers~ (clink)
My Daddy’s favorite toast was
Good Health, Wealth and Happiness
and time to enjoy them.
Happy New Year to you and Bo and I
Hope to see You this year.
Much love, Millicent
Love that, and YOU!! Thanks for sharing- Cheers~ xx
May your days be unguarded by a joyous, generous heart and your nights be secure in the peace of knowing that you loved!
awww, so sweet, thanks Mark- Cheers~
This is really nice Courtney. May we (as a community) continue to inspire each other in the coming year!
What a nice sentiment, I hope we will- what a great resource we are for each other! Happy New Year Stacy~
“May friendship, like wine, Improve as time advances, and may we always have old wine, old friends, and young cares”.
This is from a book of my great great grandfather dated 1903 and called Up-To-Date TOASTS for all occasions compiled by E.C. Lewis.
That is fabulous, thanks for sharing, Rita!! May our paths cross again in 2014, too! Cheers~
“May we all feel happy and contented, healthy and strong, safe and protected and living with ease…”
Irish blessing
Happy New Year!
Another great one, thanks Maria! Cheers~